Cuba

Dominican Republic

Caribbean

Spain

Europe

Argentina

Bolivia

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Uruguay

Venezuela

Latin America

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

None

Mexico

North America

Equatorial Guinea

Sub-Saharan Africa

A world map shows the countries where Spanish is an official or de facto language. These countries are highlighted in light orange and include Spain, Central America, and the western region of South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Chile).

Countries where Spanish is an official (or serves as a de facto) language

Countries

World

Ethnologue

Spanish as Official or de facto Language

Australia

Fiji

Marshall Is.

Palau

Samoa

Australia & Oceania

Bahamas

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Jamaica

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Macau S.A.R. (China)

Mongolia

Nepal

South Korea

East Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Andorra

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Estonia

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Malta

Moldova

Montenegro

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom

Belize

Brazil

Suriname

Curaçao (Neth.)

Greenland (Denmark)

Mauritania

Mauritius

São Tomé and Príncipe

Tonga

United States

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Pakistan

South Asia

Brunei

Cambodia

Indonesia

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Bahrain

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Tunisia

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Angola

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cabo Verde

Cameroon

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of Congo

Ethiopia

Ghana

Guinea

Kenya

Madagascar

Mali

Mozambique

Niger

Rwanda

Senegal

South Africa

Tanzania

Togo

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

A map highlighting adult females with only a primary education by country. Red indicates higher percentages, such as the U S, India, Australia, and most of South America. Orange to light orange indicates medium percentages, such as China and Ethiopia. Yellow indicates the lowest percentages, such as in Russia and Niger

The percentage of the female population ages 25 and older that attained or completed primary education as the highest level of education

World Bank

Adult Females with only a Primary Education

Percent

American Samoa (U.S.)

French Polynesia (France)

Guam (U.S.)

Kiribati

Micronesia

New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

Solomon Is.

Tuvalu

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba (Neth.)

Barbados

Bermuda (U.K.)

Dominica

Grenada

Haiti

Seychelles

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

Trinidad and Tobago

Turks and Caicos Is. (U.K.)

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Japan

North Korea

Austria

Denmark

Finland

Iceland

Kosovo

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Monaco

Ukraine

Guyana

New Caledonia (France)

Vanuatu

Canada

Maldives

Sri Lanka

Spanish as Official or de facto Language	Adult Females with only a Primary Education			TV Ownership			Vegetable Production
Value	Class	Rank	Percent	Class	Rank	Percent households with TV	Class	Rank	Acres